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300+ Wolf Names – Famous, Historical, Fictional, and Popular Names

​Wolves have been represented in everything from movies and pop culture, to ​folklore and all the way ​into ancient history. ​So as you might expect, there are a few thousand years worth of names. If you're interested in where these names ​came from, or you're just looking for a cool name for your dog - we got you covered. 

​We have divided each section into categories to make browsing wolf names a little easier. In some series' we've included fictional wolf-like beings such as werewolves ​and even some ​Pokémon (​​just to make sure we've covered everything).

Movies and Books

​Names

​Film or Book

​Rama, Akela, Raksha 

The Jungle Book

​Sirius, Lupin, Padfoot, Greyback 

Harry Potter

​Maugrim

Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe

​White Fang

Whitef​ang (book and film)

​Kävik

​Kävik

​Balto, Aleu, Jenna

Balto

​Two Socks

Dances With Wolves

Lobo

The Legend of Lobo

​Gmork

The Neverending Story

​Jacob, Sam, Quil, Jared, Leah, Seth, Paul, Collin, Brady, Ephraim

Twilight

TV Series

​Names

​Series

​Ruby

​Once Upon a Time

​Ansel, Barnette, Eve, Keelin

​Vampire Diaries

​Grey Wind, Lady, Nymeria, Ghost, Shaggydog, Summer

​Game of Thrones

​Quigly

​Wolf that plays ghost in Game of Thrones

​Balto, Aleu, Kodi

​Balto the Series

​Alcide, Cooter, Ryder, Hollis

​True Blood

Children's Cartoon Series

​Names

​Series

​Hokey Wolf

​Huckleberry Hound

​Ralph Wolf, Wile E Coyote

​Loony Tunes

​Walter, Wilford Wolf

​Animaniacs

Manga / Anime

​Names

​Series

​Moro

​Princess Mononoke

​Uruno

​Damekko Dōbutsu

​Yatsufusa

​Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East

​Frey

Unbreakable Machine Doll

​Kiba, Toboe, Blue

​Wolf’s rain

​Inuhiko

Usotsuki to Inugamitsuki

​Kokutei

​Zenki

​Ookami

​Hotch Potch

​Gabu, Zaku, Giro

​One Stormy Night

​Inugami

​Amatsuki

Video Games

​Names

​Game Title

Lycanrock, Rockruff, Growlithe, Arcanine, Poochenya, Mightyena, Electrike, and Manectric

Pokemon

​Link, WolfLink

​The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

​​Tiger

​Monster Rancher

​Okami, Shiranua, Amaterasu

​Okami ​

​Sif

Dark Souls

​Wolf O'Donnell

​Star Fox

​Kodlak, Aela​, Farkas, Vilkas, Skjor, Athis, Vignar, Njada, Ria, Torvar

​Skyrim (The Companions)

​Lycanthrope

​Defense of the Ancients

​Bigby Wolf

​The Wolf Among Us

​Shiro

​Sulkoden II

Books

​Names

​Book Title

​Beja, Mathias, Tierney, Murdock

​The Nocturne

​Brokefang, Frostfur

The Immortals (​Pack leaders​)

​Faolan

​The Wolves and Beyond

​Huttser, Palla, Khaz, Kipcha, Brassa, Bran, Larka, Fell, Kar, ​Skop

​Sight​

​Marta, Calef, Rann, Sula, Annie, and Oldtooth

​Hungry for Home: A Wolf Odyssey

​Aragh

​The Dragon and the George

​Nashoga

​Redstone

​Lakota

​A Friend for Lakota

​Baree

​Baree, Son of Kazan

​George and Angeline

Never Cry Wolf

Historical Writings

​Names

​Book Title

​Isengrin

Ysengrimus latin poem

​Hugues, the WereWolf

Sutherland Menzies

"Wolf" In Different Languages

​Wolf

​Language

Amaguk

Inupiat

Amarog

​Inuit

Bhangi

​Tibetan

Bighana

​India​

Biryuk

​Molokan

Bleddyn, Bleidd

​Welsh

Chinua

​Mongolian

Dib

Arabic

Dolph

Teutonic

Edon

​French

Farkas

​Hungarian

Gonzalo

​Spanish

Gorg

​Farsi

Haquihana

​Arapaho

Honi

​Arapaho

Hó’nehe

​Cheyenne

Hrolf

Norse

Ivaylo

Bulgarian

Kurt

​Turkish

​Kweeuu

​Hopi

​​Landga

​Marathi

​​Leloo

​Chinook

​Liekos

​Greek

​​Llop

​Catalonian

​​Lobo

​Portuguese

​Loup

​French

​​Lupe

​Spanish

​​​Lupo

​Italian

​​Lupu

​Maltese

​​​Maengun  

​Ojibwe

​​Maheegan

​Native American

​​Mahigan

​Cree

​​Maicoh

​Navaho

​​Maiyun

​Cheyenne

​​Mohegan

​American Indian

​​Nashoba

​Choctaw

​​Olcan

​Celtic

​​Onai

​Tamil

​Ookami

​Japanese

​Shunkaha

​Lakota

​Singarti

​Inukitut

​Sirhaan

​Muslim

​Susi

​Finnish

​​​Tasha

​Caddo

​​Tchono

​Mongolian

​Toralu

​Telegu

​​Ty-Ohni

​Native American

​Russina

​Old English

​Ujku

​Albanian

​​​Ulf

​Old German

​Varg

​Old Norse

​Velvel

​Yiddish

​Vilkas

​Lithuanian

​Vilks

​Latvian

​Vuk

​Croatian

​Vukasin

​Serbian

​Waya

​Cherokee

​Zayev

​Hebrew

​Z’ev

​Hebrew

Variations of Wolf From Different Cultures 

​Names

​Meaning / Translation

​Accalia

​She-wolf, Female Wolf (Latin)

​Adalwolf

​Noble wolf (German)

​Adalwolfa

​Noble She-wolf (German)

​Adoff

​Variant of Adolph; Noble wolf (German)

​​​Adolfo

​Noble wolf (Latin)

​Adolph

​Noble wolf (German)

​Adolpha

​​Noble she-wolf (German)

​Adolphus

​Noble wolf (German)

​Amoux

​Eagle wolf (French)

​Amwolf

​eagle wolf (German)​​​​​​

​​​Ardolf

​home loving wolf (English)

Ardwolf -

​home loving wolf (English)

​Arnou

​eagle wolf (French)

Audolf

wolfs friend (Norse)

Bardalph

ax wolf (Old English)

Bardolf

ax wolf (Old English)

Bardou

bright wolf; ax-weilding wolf (English)

Beowulf

intelligent wolf (Anglo-Saxon)

​Bjomolf

​bear wolf (Norse)

​Blaez or Blæze

​wolf Old (Breton)

Bledig

like a wolf (Welsh)

​Bodolf

​wolf leader (Norse)

​Boris

​wolf, short (Russian)

​Botewolf

herald wolf (English)

​Botolf

​messenger wolf; herald wolf Old (English)

​Botwolf

​herald wolf (Old English)

​Bozkurtlar

​grey wolf (Turkish)

Caleb

​dog (Hebrew)

​Cana, Canagan

​wolf cub (Celtic)

​Chann

​young wolf (English)

​Channing

​young wolf; official of the church (Old French)

​Channon

​young wolf (English)

​Chanteloup

​song of the wolf (French)

​Colin

​in whelp (Celtic)

​Conall -

strong as a wolf (Irish)

​Conan

​hound, wolf; high (Irish)

​Connery

​wolf farmer (Celtic)

​​Connor

​wolf lover (Irish)

​Convel

​wolf warrior (Celtic)

​Conwenna

​wolf, hound (Cornish)

​Cuan

​little wolf or little hound (Irish)

​​Dolphus

​noble wolf (German)

​Ethelwulf

​noble wolf Old (English)

​Eyolf

​lucky wolf (Norwegian)

​Faoiltiama

​wolf lady (Irish)

​​Faolan

​little wolf (Irish)

​Felan

​small wolf (Celtic)

​Fenris

​mythical monster wolf (Norse)

​Filtiarn

​lord of wolves (Celtic)

​Freki

​myth name of Odin’s wolf (Norse)

​Fridolf

​peaceful wolf Old (English)

​Friduwulf

​peaceful wolf Old (English)

​Geirolf

​wolf spear (Norse)

​Guadalupe

​wolf valley (Arabic)

​Gunnolf

​fighting wolf (Norse)

​Honiahaka

​little wolf (Cheyenne)

​​Hrolleif

​old wolf (Norse)

​Ingolf

​Ing’s wolf (Norse)

​Kiyiya

​howling wolf (Yakima)

​Kuckunniwi

​little wolf (Cheyenne)

​​Larentia

​the shewolf who nursed Remus and Romulus (Latin)

​Louvel, ​Lowe

​little wolf (French)

​Lowell

​wolf cub / little wolf (Old French)

​Lyall

​wolf; surname Old (Norse)

​Lykaios

​wolfish, of a wolf; wolf-like (Greek)

​Maccon

​son of a wolf (Celtic)

​Makoce

​earth (Lakota)

​Mgelika

​male wolf (Georgian)

​Mingan

​grey wolf (Native American)

​Nuntis

​the Sun-Wolf (Latin)

​Ocumwhowurst

​yellow wolf (Cheyenne)

​Odolf

​prosperous wolf Old (German)

​Odwolfe

​wealthy wolf (English)

​Okhmhaka

​little wolf (Cheyenne)

Otsanda

​she-wolf, female wolf (Basque)

​Phelan

​like a wolf (Irish)

​Radolf

​red wolf (English)

​Raff

​red wolf (English)

​Ralph

​wolf counsel; a fearless adviser Old (English)

​​​Rand

​shield wolf (Anglo-Saxon)

​Randale

wolf’s shield (English)

​Randall

​shield wolf (Old English)

​Randi

​shield wolf; house wolf; protector (English)

​​Randolph

​a wolf shield (Old German)

​Ranulfo

​Wolf’s shield; emblem painted on a war shield (Teutonic)

​Raoul

​wolf council; red wolf (English)

​Raul

​wolf counsel (Spanish)

​​Rendall

​wolf shield (English)

​Reule

​famous wolf (French)

​Rezso

​famous wolf (Teutonic)

​Rodolfo

​famous wolf (Spanish)

​Rolf

red wolf (Teutonic)

​Rollin

​famous wolf (Teutonic)

​Rollo

​famous wolf (Teutonic)

​Roukan

​wolf counsel (Japanese)

​Rudi

​famed wolf abbreviation of Rudolph (German)

​Rudolph

​famous wolf (Old German)

​Ruelle

​famous wolf (French)

​Rule

​famous wolf (French)

​Sandalio

​true wolf (Spanish)

​Seff

​a wolf (Hebrew)

​Sköll

a wolf that chased the sun (Norse)

​Tamaska

mighty wolf (Native American)

​Tala

​red wolf, stalking wolf (Sioux)

​Tate

​stalking wolf (Native American)

Tunstall

wolf of Thor (Teutonic)

Udolf

​wolf-wealth (Old English)

​Udolph

​wind (Lakota)

​Ulfred

​wolf of peace (Old English)

​​Ulger

​wolf spear (Old English)

​Ullok

​wolf sport (Old English)

​Ulmar

​famous wolf (Old English)

​​Ulmer

​fame of the wolf (Norse)

​Ulric

power of the wolf (English)

​​​Ulrich

​female wolf (English)

​Ulrika

​wolf ruler (English)

​Ulvelaik

​wolf sport (English)

​​​Uwais

​small wolf (Muslim)

​​Weylyn

​the son of the wolf (Celtic)

​Wolfgang

​son of the wolf; path of the wolf (German)

​Wolfram

wolf raven (Teutonic)

​Wolfrik

​wolf ruler (German)

​Woolsey

​victorious wolf (English)

​Wulfgar

​wolf-like spear (English)

​Ylva

​she-wolf (Scandanavian)

​Yowlumne

people of the wolf (Yokut)

​Dog Names

​No specific meaning or reference here, just cool names for your dog that are influenced from wolves in general. 

​Female Wolf Names

  • Akira
  • Anastasia
  • Ash
  • Aurora
  • Blaze
  • Cinder
  • Dakota
  • Dany
  • Electra
  • Eva
  • Fang
  • Flame
  • Frost
  • Ghost
  • Grey
  • Hazel
  • Ivory
  • Keesha
  • Koda
  • Koko
  • Lucy
  • Luna
  • Meeko
  • Midnight
  • Miska
  • Nanuk
  • Nikita
  • Nova
  • Pearl
  • River
  • Sadie
  • Scarlet
  • Serena
  • Sky
  • Snow
  • Sofia
  • Storm
  • Willow
  • Xena

​Male Wolf Names

  • ​Alaska
  • Alley
  • Ares
  • Artemis
  • Aspen
  • Axel
  • Balto
  • Bandit
  • Bolt
  • Bruno
  • Chinook
  • Conan
  • Diesel
  • Drax
  • Duke
  • Finn
  • Flash
  • Frost
  • Hunter
  • Jagger
  • Jet
  • Kaskae
  • Kavik
  • King
  • Logan
  • Loki
  • Mace
  • Maru
  • Max
  • River
  • Rocket
  • Sergei
  • Smoke
  • Stark
  • Tank
  • Taurus
  • Thor
  • Thunder
  • Togo
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6 thoughts on “300+ Wolf Names – Famous, Historical, Fictional, and Popular Names”

  1. Alaska
    Atlantis
    Flame
    Scott
    Jax
    Max
    Spot
    Copper
    Bolt
    Jones
    Blue
    Hazel
    Snow
    Flakes
    Pocahontas
    Mountain
    Cliff
    Halo
    Arnoux
    Hero
    Star
    Glimmer
    Chuck
    River
    Stream
    Branch
    Uno
    Flower
    Koko
    Ripples
    Odis
    Luna
    Moon
    Night
    Morning
    Leafshade
    Maple
    Arctic
    Misty
    Balto
    Cogsworth
    Maurice
    Twilight
    Dawn
    Ghost
    Summer
    Huckleberry
    Soul
    Shiro
    Oldtooth
    German
    England
    Paris
    King
    Hopper
    Timber
    Frost
    Wind
    Carrot

    I don’t know how many are there but here you go!

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